Henrik Lundqvist denies Devils' every shot on goal to lead Rangers to shutout in game three of Eastern Conference finals
Henrik Lundqvist stopped all 36 shots as the New York Rangers blanked the New Jersey Devils 3-0 in game three of the NHL Eastern Conference finals.
Dan Girardi and Chris Kreider scored in less than two minutes early in the third period to help them take a 2-1 series lead.
Lundqvist was busy from the opening faceoff en route to his second shutout of the series and third in the post-season. Ryan Callahan iced it with an empty-netter late in the third.
Game four is on Monday in New Jersey.
Not even playing on home ice, where they had won four straight, was enough to help New Jersey. The Rangers have won every game one, lost each game two and rebounded to win game three in every round this post-season. Each preceding series, of course, saw them win the all-important last one: game seven.
Kreider, a rookie called up during round one versus Ottawa, has scored in every game of this series.
Lundqvist was fantastic as he showed again why he led the Rangers to an Eastern Conference-high 109 points. He stoned Adam Henrique on a nice backhander late in the second period to keep it scoreless entering the third, setting the stage for New York's late magic.
He toyed with Ilya Kovalchuk all game and stopped him on a nice breakaway in the second. Kovalchuk, who scored in game two, couldn't get untracked and neither could the rest of the Devils.